Conforming Choices: Peer Influence, Adoption, and Interpretation of the Islamic Headscarf in Indonesia

This article examines the role of peer influence in structuring adoption and interpretation of the Islamic headscarf among young Muslim women in Indonesia. I argue that approaches to the jilbab fall into two broad-based categories of practice, each of whose practitioners play distinct roles in the s...

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Main Author: Brown, Gustav (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: Oxford Univ. Press [2019]
In: Sociology of religion
Year: 2019, Volume: 80, Issue: 3, Pages: 372-398
Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains:B Indonesia / Islam / Head covering / Gleichaltrigkeit / Religious behavior / Influence / Young woman
IxTheo Classification:AD Sociology of religion; religious policy
BJ Islam
KBM Asia
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